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I am at the point of revealing the next level of the project. This will be the exposure of where my subjects live. This is 'Crimps cabin'. blonde, spy, tweezers, paw, death, snow

The family have left me for Scotland this week, to give me time and space to work. I am trying to get as much out of it as possible by spreading out all over the house. It is a great […]

Alternative Selection processes I must mention the selection process for this scheme, as it was quite unique. We were 11 artists, a group of venue curators/gallery managers, a publisher and the Shape of things team. I can’t remember the name […]

First Bristol meeting (1) I just had my first trip up to Bristol. As well as the excitement of a museum project/solo show on the horizon, there is also the added bonus of some really good friends plus some family […]

First Bristol meeting (2) I spent the afternoon at the Museum and then returned the next day. I wanted to see the Egyptian exhibition and also the China temporary show. I went first to the Egyptian one to look specifically […]

First Bristol meeting (3) TEXTS FOR THE AFTERLIFE While sketching the Assyrian Panels, I remembered a dream I had about my mother about a year after she had died. In her life, she always wore the Zoroastrian symbol around her […]

Second Trip to Bristol Museum (March) On the train up I read some of Lewis Hyde’s book ‘ The Gift; The Artist and Creativity in the Modern world’. It is the perfect book for my current ideas, and me and […]

Second Trip to Bristol Museum (2) Julia arranged a meeting with Sue Giles , the Ethnographic curator who gave us a Store tour . Based on the kind of objects I had expressed interest in, (divination objects, objects using text […]

Second Trip to Bristol Museum (3) The next day we met Kate Newnham – the Middle Eastern /Islamic curator, full of great references around gifting/text/textiles, among them – Darum Dolls – used by Buddhist monks in Japan, they bring good […]